Culinary utensil.



A. D. ELZY.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLICATION EILED MAR- 3, I913.

1 9 1 34,37. Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

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Patented Apr. (8, 11915.

Application filed March 3, 1918. Serial No. 751,899.

DAVID ELzr,

new and useful Improvements in Culinary Utensils, of which the followingis a specification, reference panying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in culinaryutensils and my object is to provide a culinary utensil provided withmeans, for preventing the odor from emanating therefrom.

A further object of the invention resides in providing means inconnection with the utensil for causing a down draft .to convey thevapors which are caused by the cooking in the utensil to the range uponwhich the device is mounted.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a utensil havingan opening in the bottom thereof, which opening is'surrounded by atubular member or the like extending vertically within the receptacle,the latter being adapted to receive the vapors as the same risefrom thearticles to be cooked.

A still further object of the invention resides in providing a devicewhich is extremely simple and durable in construction,

inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very eficient anduseful in operation.

.Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecification and claim.

In the accompanying part of this application, Figure l is a perspectiveviewof a frying pan showing my down draft attachment applied to usethere on. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the top or lid used in connection with thetrying'pan.

In the drawing l have shown one form of the invention, wherein a downdraft attachment is applied to a frying pan 13. This pan is of the usualtype having a handle it formed thereon and the bottom thereof isprovided adjacent said handle member with an opening 15. Said bottom hasthe under face thereof also grooved radially, as shown residing atLouisville, in the county of Jefierson and State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain being had to the accomthe novel features.

drawings forming a at 16, said groove leading to the aforesaid opening15. Surrounding the opening 15 and engaged with the side wall of the pan13, Is an inwardly curved tubular section 17, the upper end of whichterminates in a plane ust below the plane of the upper edge of saidreceptacle 13; A top 18 is also provided for this receptacle, the samebeing convexed and the depending flange 19 thereof, which flaressomewhat outwardly toward 1ts lower edge, has a cut-away portion 20formed therein. This cut-away portion 20 1n the flange 19 is providedfor the purpose of introducing the edibles to be cooked within the panwithout entirely removing the cover or lid. By simply pulling theflidupwardly to a slight extent, the upper end 0 the recess 20 may beexposed and the additional articles to be cooked introduced while.

little or none of the odor will escape from the pan. In addition thecut-away portion or recess 20 in the flange 19, is for the purpose ofreceiving the curved flanged? which extends upwardly from the bottomwall of the pan. lit will be appreciated that as the vapors and -aromaticles, the same will be conducted through the tubular member 17 to theopening 15 in the bottom of said receptacle. These vapors will then beconducted through the medium of the groove 16 to the central portion ofthe where they willbottom of said receptacle, escape to the fire box ofthe range upon which the receptacle is mounted. 1

From theforegoing it, will be seen that l have provided a simple,inexpensive and efficient means for carrying out the objects of theinvention and while 11 have particularly described the elements bestadapted to perform the functions set forth, it is ohvious that variouschanges in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe principles of the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is A frying panhaving an opening in its rise from the frying arioo bottom in closeproximity to the side flange lit) - having its upper edge terminatingbelow the In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my upper edge of theside flange, and a cover signature in the presence of two Witnesses. forsuch pan having a depending flange to fit Within the side flange of thepan, the ARTHUR E 5 flange of the cover being provided witha. Witnesses:

recess to receive the curved tube disposed ELIZABETH M. Gnu-1B,

about the opening in the bottom of the pan. A1. B. DARRAGH.

